'Lilo & Stitch' children's choir singers: Where are they now
LA TimesLongtime choir director Lynell Bright‘s classroom is a shrine to Stitch, the fluffy, feisty pet alien from Disney’s “Lilo & Stitch.” The deceptively adorable face of the mischievous extraterrestrial is “everywhere,” she says. Iona was 11 when the Kamehameha Schools Children’s Chorus recorded the soundtrack of “Lilo & Stitch.” “Especially watching it now as an adult, you see the impact that it has,” said Kamehameha alum Paul Iona, a 32-year-old augmented-reality graphics producer who splits his time between Honolulu and L.A. “It’s one of those films that you can gather so much at different times of your life.. It’s welcoming you into Hawaii as we would hope that people feel welcomed when they come to Hawaii. a small piece of a big puzzle.” Rachel Justice was 12 when the Kamehameha Schools Children’s Chorus recorded the soundtrack of “Lilo & Stitch.” In a behind-the-scenes featurette for the DVD release of “Lilo & Stitch,” writer-directors Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois say they were “blown away” upon visiting the Kamehameha campus and hearing the chorus perform the music for the first time. Leimomi Kanagusuku, Rachel Justice, Paul Iona and other members of the Kamehameha Schools Children’s Chorus pose with Jason Scott Lee — the voice of David in “Lilo & Stitch” — at the Los Angeles premiere of the film.